Otto seyd



Patented June 6, I899.

0. SEYD.

DRY GOODS TAG.

(Application filed Jan. 21, 1899.)

(No Model.)

DRAP De VENETIENNE 180 "IM OTTO SEYD, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

DRY-GOODS TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,249, dated June 6, 1899. Application filed January 21,1899. Serial No. 702,906. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO SEYD, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dry-Goods Tags; and do I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to that class of tags by means of which bolts of dry goods each made into a roll upon a board may be given any suitable marking; and its object'is to adapt a tag to be secured directly upon the end of the roll-board in such a manner that it will serve as a finishing-cap for the exposed end of the board and present a neat and tasteful appearance, while preventing the goods from catching upon or being injured by the rough edges of the board.

To this end my invention consists in a tag of stiff sheet material cut and bent or molded into the form of a cap, as hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure I is a perspective view of a roll or bolt of goods with one of my tags attached as in service. Fig. II represents such a tag in its sheared or punched-out form ready to be printed or otherwise lettered or marked. Fig. III is a perspective view of the rear side of one of my tags completely formed ready for attachment to a roller-board for service.

These tags may be made of celluloid or of stiif paper or of any suitable sheet material which has sufficient body and stiffness to retain a cap shape when the corners are bent.

In making these tags the blank is sheared or punched into shape as shown in Fig. II, in which t represents the top portion that will cover the end of the board. 5 5 are flaps that will rest upon the fiat sides of the board, covering the side end corners. 6 6 are Wings of the top &, projecting to cover the edge corners and resting in service directly upon the edges of the board. 7 7 are wings of the side flaps 5 5 to be turned over the wings 6 at the edges of the board. 8 represents perforations in the wings, so located that the holes in the three adjacent wings at one edge of the tag register together as one continuous hole directlyin the middle of the edge for the insertion of a pin or tack when the flaps and wings are bent into position, as shown in Fig. III, to secure the tag to the board. Should it be desirable for the manufacturer to print upon the tags to indicate the kind or quality of the goods, the printing may be done when the tags are in the blank form shown in Fig. II, so that when bent or molded into cap form and applied they will appear as in Fig. I, and there may be sufficient space left for the dealer to put on his private marks. The flaps 5, bent from the top 4, form a protection and neat finish over the rough flat side corners at the end of the board. The wings 6, bent from the top 4, similarly protect and finish the edge end corners, and the wings 7, bent from the flaps 5, serve the double purpose of holding down those edges of the flaps and of protecting and finishing the side edge oorners,while the holes 8 in all the wings, being located to register together, serve to firmly secure the whole tag in place by means of a single pin at the middle of each edge of the board,thus making a neat finish, saving time, and preventing the edge of the board being splintered, as it might be if the laborer Wereguided only by his eye in locating one or more pins.

The material and style of finish of these tags may be regulated to suit the demand, so as to greatly improve the appearance of goods upon the shelves and render the selection of goods much easier to the merchant.

These tags, being made of material so stiff as to retain their form, may be readily removed from a board by drawing out the two edge pins after the goods are taken off and be placed upon the board of a new bolt or roll by crowding back the goods a little at the edges. Thus the retail dealer may quickly tag his goods to suit himself, and the tag being adapted for repeated use the dealer can afford to make it very ornamental and attractive.

Having thus fully described myinvcntion, what I believe to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

In a tag for dry goods, a strip of stiff sheet material cut and folded to cover the ends and end corners of a dry-goods board; the side folds to extend upon the sides of the board across its whole breadth and having wings to cover each an edge cornerand the whole width of the edge of the board, and wings upon the end portion, folded over the end edge corners, all the wings at each edge having perforations located to register as one pinhole when the tag is in place for service, whereby the tag is adapted for repeated application and removal Without injury.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OTTO SEYD.

Witnesses:

MARIE TRUNCK, RICHARD L. OTTO. 

